# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΒ΄ XII (Duebn. XVIII volg. 2 B 15), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-5

Πονηρῶν νῦν βούλεται μὲν ὁ μοχθηρὸς ἀδικεῖν, οὐ μὴν δυνατός· βουλόμενος δέ, ἢ πρὸς τὸν ὅμοιον ἀποτείνεται, ἢ πρὸς τὸν κρείττονα. Τί δὲ τῷ κρείττονι δραστέον; ἢ ἀνταδικητέον τὸν μοχθηρόν; καὶ μὴν εἰς ὅ,τι ἀδικεῖ, οὐκ ἀδικεῖ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχει· ἀπουσίᾳ γὰρ ἀγαθοῦ μοχθηρὸς ὁ μοχθηρ ὸς ἦν. Οὔτ᾿ οὖν κατὰ τὸ ἔργον ἀνταδικήσει ὁ νοῦν ἔχων τὸν μοχθηρόν, οὐ γὰρ ἔχει εἰς ὅ,τι ἀδικηθήσεται· οὔτε κατὰ τὴν βούλησιν, οὐ γὰρ ἐθέλει ἀδικεῖν χρηστὸς ὢν οὐ μᾶλλον, ἢ αὐλητικὸς παρὰ μέρος αὐλεῖν.

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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